WTEC, Facebook trained 1000 students on safety online
The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) says it trained 1000 students on how to be safe online between 2017 and 2018. Its Communications Officer, Adeyemi Odutola, said that the training was in line with the celebration of the 2018 Safer Internet Day (SID). According to a statement issued by him, there is need to strengthen knowledge and skills of Nigerian youths on ways to engage and use the internet positively towards socio-economic growth of the country. “The `Safer Internet Day’, marked on Feb. 6, is a day set aside to raise awareness for the empowerment of more people to using internet technology towards community development. “The focus of Facebook for the Safer Internet Day is making the internet safer for the youth. “To this effect, to mark the day in Nigeria, Facebook partnered with W.TEC to host a day of workshops and fun activities for secondary school students. Odutola said that the global theme for SID 2018 was “Create, Connect and Share Respect: A b...